Isbister, Shetland Explained

Official Name:Isbister
Label Position:left
Static Image Name:Southern tip of Isbister Loch (geograph 3584951).jpg
Static Image Caption:The southern tip of Isbister Loch, with Isbister in the background
Country:Scotland
Os Grid Reference:HU578642
Coordinates:60.359°N -0.952°W
Post Town:SHETLAND
Postcode Area:ZE
Postcode District:ZE2
Dial Code:01806

Isbister is a settlement in eastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It lies on the eastern side of Loch of Isbister. There is a small islet about off the coast named Isbister Holm, where the ship Jufron Ingester was wrecked on 12 November 1778.[1] The ancestral home of the great Adam Isbister, also known as A.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jufron Ingester. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1 February 2013.